Sash-holder.



PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

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SASH HOLDER APPLICATION FILED SEPT.15, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT Carrion.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,241, dated July 11,1905,

Application filed September 15, 1904. Serial No. 224,624.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN BAPTISTE PARFAIT MIOHAUD, a subject of the Kingof England, residing at Eganville, in the Province of Ontario, Dominionof Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to the holdersfor the sashes thereof, and has for its object to provide a holder bymeans of which the window-sash may be held in its closed position or atdifferent points in its path of movement.

A further object is to provide a holder which may be manufactured at alow figure and in which a portion of the holder will also form awindow-lift.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that modifications of thespecific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials maybe used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a view of a window, showing a sash thereof provided with thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the grip removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofa modified form of grip. Fig. 5 is a view showing the modified form ofgrip applied to a window and illustrating the lock in inoperativeposition. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a latch member to beused when the device is used as a look only.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a sash 5. To the bottomrail 6 thereof there is secured adjacent to one end of the rail aspring-rod 7, which is attached at one of its ends by means of a screw8. At its remaining end the rod 7 is pivotally connected with a bolt 9,sliding in a sleeve 10, secured to the rail, the bolt when at theoutward limit of its movement projecting beyond the edge of the sash inposition to engage aplurality of openings 11 in a strip 12interchangeably, this strip 12 being secured vertically to thewindow-frame. Centrally of the rail 6 there is secured a lift 13,including an attaching-plate let and a curved finger-piece 15, and theattaching-plate is provided with an outwardlyoffset vertically-extendingportion 16, lying below the finger-piece 15, there being thus formed apassage 17 between the offset portions and a plate 18, secured to therail 6 and against which the attaching-plate 14: is secured. The offsetportion 16 is provided with a longitudinal slot 19, and in the passage17 there is slidably disposed a member 20, having a finger 21 in itslower end which is curved into the form of an eye and which projectsoutwardly through the slot 19, and with this eye the rod 7 is engaged.The upper end of the member 20 is curved to conform with thefinger-piece 15, so that when the finger-piece is grasped to raise thewindow the member 20 may be depressed with the thumb to move the bolt 9out of engagement with the perforations 11.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the lift consists of a plate22, having the finger-piece 15 at its upper end and having its sideportions bent inwardly over itself and spaced therefrom to form guides23, the edge portions being cut away, as illustrated at 24, to formshoulders 25 adjacent to their lower ends. A sliding member 26 isprovided, which consists of a metallic plate provided with notches 27 atopposite points at its sides, and the upper portion of the plate iscurved outwardly on a line passing through the notches 27 to conform tothe shape of the finger-piece 15. Below the notches 27 the edge portionsof the plate are engaged in the guides 23, the edges of the plate 22resting against the inner ends of the notches, while the upper portionabove the notches lies forwardly of the inwardly-turned edge portions ofthe plate 22, as illustrated, the shoulders 25 acting as stops to limitthe downward movement of the member 26.

The member 26 is provided with an eye 28 at its lower end similar inevery way to the eye described in connection with the previous I form ofthe invention, and in this eye the rod 7 is engaged.

, The operation of the modifications will be readily understood withoutfurther explanation.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a member which may be used when theinvention isto be used as a look only on windows provided with other means forholding them at different points. As illustrated, this member is bentfrom a strip of metal and is provided with a tooth for engagement by thesliding bolt.

What is claimed is In a sash-fastener, the combination with means forholding a sash at diflerent points of its movement, of a plate arrangedfor attachment to a sash, said plate having its side edges bentforwardly and inwardly over itself to form guides, the upper portions ofthe edges of said inwardly-turned portions being cut away to formshoulders adjacent to the lower operation with the first-namedfinger-grip,

and an eye carried by the second-named plate, said sash-holding meansbeing connected with the eye for operation of said means throughmovement of the plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.IEAN BAPTISTE PARFAIT MICHAUD.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, O. C. (JoUsINs.

